30 Amazing Historical Artifacts
Featured 04/07/2014
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Weaponry, jewelry, furniture and other artifacts from various periods of history.
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1. Parade shield made by Leone Leoni, Italian sculptor in XVIth century.
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2. Lycurgus Cup - roman, 4th century goblet which changes colour when held up to the light.
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3. Armour for a Boy, probably Prince Henry Stuart 1608
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4. Chinese Qin Sword with Gold Openwork Handle 770476 B.C.
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5. Lewis chessmen - 12th century chess pieces, most of which are carved in walrus ivory.
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6. Scythian golden comb 5th century BC
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7. Knife-and-Fork Set with Mars and Diana, ivory and iron 1650-1690
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8. Burmese bronze 'dragon' cannon, 1790
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9. Aztec Stone of the Sun - the exact purpose and meaning of the stone is unclear 14th-16th century
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10. Berlin Gold Hat - 490 grams of gold, overall height 745 mm, average thickness 0.6 mm. Made in the Late Bronze Age, circa 1,000 to 800 BC
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11. Helmet Namban Boshi circa 1600
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12. Cuirass holed by a cannonball at Waterloo
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13. General Patton's Colt .45 Model 1873
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14. Caparison ordered by Swedish royal household in 1621
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15. Dunstable Swan Jewel from about 1400
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16. Top of the Lion Armour's helmet. 16th century, France.
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17. Elephant armour from 17th century India. It's composed of 5,840 plates and weighs 118kg
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18. The Sword of Emperor Maximilian I
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19. ighteenth century make-up kit from England opening it reveals a mirror, pencils and a manicure set
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20. Gold Silver on Bronze Mycenaean "Lion Hunt" burial dagger. Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece 16th century BC
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21. Morion for the Guards of the Elector of Saxony
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22. Catherine the Greats chair, probably destroyed by communist in 1950.
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23. Peacock Clock from Hermitage Museum. It's a large automaton made for Catherine the Great in 1781
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24. Polish Hussar's half-armour, mid-17th century
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25. Pyxid Al Mughira from 968 year
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26. A golden wreath and ring from the burial of an Odrysian Aristocrat at the Golyamata Mogila tumulus mid-4th century BC
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27. Abraham Lincoln assassination chair from Ford's Theatre
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28. Egyptian ring from the tomb of King Tutankhamen
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29. Armoured Dresses, Graz Armoury, Austria. Late 16thEarly 17th century.
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30. Joyeuse - Charlemagne's personal sword
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Parade shield made by Leone Leoni, Italian sculptor in XVIth century.
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